Hi everyone! This past week, Kayla and I moved into the Lake County Field House, set-up the laboratory for the summer, and began field work. Luckily, we had some great weather out in the field this week. Kayla did an awesome job of teaching me the ropes of both field and lab work. We [...]
Turtle Doc to Range Control- 1 PAX 1 VIC entering the training area. My first week in Cape Cod was SO FUN! With the direction of amazing field technicians at Camp Edwards, Turtle Team Veteran, Kelcie, and I spent the week hiking through forests tracking and sampling Eastern Box Turtles. Using radiotelemetry, the techs (Nicole, [...]
Hello readers! As promised, we have returned with a full week of field work under our belts. Well, Maura did a full week of field work while Alexis split halfway through the week to move out of her house back in Champaign. Last week was a pretty brief post so we wanted to take a moment [...]
Welcome to my blog! I will be sharing my experiences working with Eastern Box Turtles and Spotted Turtles in Cape Cod, MA. This is the first time that the Wildlife Epidemiology Lab will be conducting a study in Massachusetts! We are doing health surveillance on the turtle populations to get baseline data about disease [...]
Hello and welcome to Lake County Blanding's Summer 2021! Blanding's turtle Blanding's are semi-aquatic turtles who are known for their distinct yellow throat that makes them look like they are always smiling! Unfortunately, Blanding's are endangered in many places, including Illinois. Each summer veterinary students from the Wildlife Epidemiology Lab capture, examine, [...]
Welcome back readers to another year of Kane County shenanigans! If you are a first time reader, welcome! You should be prepared to learn about wildlife and the work that goes into studying them. Alexis back this summer with a new vet student named Maura. We are two veterinary students from the University of Illinois who will [...]
Hello! Welcome to the 2021 Turtle Team blog! If you're new here, my name is Kelcie Fredrickson and I am a rising third year veterinary student and the 2021 Turtle Team leader. This summer, like every summer, we are doing population based health assessments in Eastern and Ornate box turtles throughout Illinois and Tennessee. Turtle [...]
Last week, I joined Alexis and Michelle on their final week of fieldwork. Unfortunately, there won't be a video in this post because while I was busy trying not to flood my waders and destroy my phone, they were busy taking all of the photos. Our main goal was to catch and resample the 19 [...]
Now that field season is officially over (yes, tears have been shed by many), Dr. Allender, Michelle and I took a small field trip over to the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital to deliver a surprise to our 3rd and 4th year students who were unable to join us in the field. While you [...]
Here it is, our twelfth and final blogpost, buckle up folks we're going on a feels trip. If you have not read between the lines of our many previous posts, we have had an incredible summer. All the adventures we had, the challenges we overcame, and the friendships forged could not have been possible without [...]
